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sadizmas

DO HIM NEXT

dragonsingondolin

Like to charge, reblog to cast

#WE SPEAK IT INTO BEING

nocturnal-stims

Panther in the rain.

🐾 Mithun H Photography on IG

#🥺❤️#gif #cat mom #tree mom #feelin both!!!!

everythingfox

Tiny unit

(via)

#OOGH!!!! THE TEENY NEEDLE CLAWS #thank u #cat mom

skaldish

90% of the stuff many people think every religion has is just stuff specific to Christianity.

For example, here's a list of stuff Norse Heathenry doesn't have:

Holy books or scripture

Religious doctrines, dogmas, or taboos

Dualism (good vs. evil, us vs. them, etc.)

Separation of sacred and profane

The requirement of Faith

Sin

A divine plan

A Prophet or Savior

A Satan or "tempter" figure(s)

Deities that are defined by being good or evil

Confession

The need for a mediator between you and the divine

Magical Thinking

A Prosperity Gospel

The need to put deities before human beings

Godly surveillance

Gods that are omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient

Damnation

Taboos around magic

Rules about sex

A bad afterlife as the default

A need for you to earn your worth (it's inherent)

Rules

sabishiinaq

Is there a word for when we assume other (different) cultures, religions, etc. must be similar to or do/believe the same kinds of things as our own because “We do X, so of course they must!”?

For some reason, all I can think of is “main character syndrome” but while the 2 may be related or overlap, I’m sure there’s a better word for it…

Also not sure if “main character syndrome” is just a term my brother uses or if it’s legit—I should probably Google it.

artifacts-and-arthropods

This is called "ethnocentrism;" an ethnocentric perspective is basically the assumption that your own cultural standards, customs, and/or beliefs are universally applicable. And the assumption being described here, wherein Christianity (and/or Islam, in a similar context) sets the tone for all or even most religions, even in an explicitly non-Christian or non-Islamic context, would certainly qualify as an ethnocentric perspective. The term ethnocentrism can also be used to describe the belief that your own (inherently subjective) cultural standard is the superior or objectively correct way of doing things...so, for example, if someone is insisting that these characteristics MUST be present in order for a belief system to qualify as an "actual religion," then that would be ethnocentric, too.

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It’s worth pointing out that Judaism doesn’t have most of the things on this list, either, and the things it does have, like holy books, are still treated with an extremely different approach than xtians to the xtian Bible. I want to point that out specifically, because that’s the one I see xtians and culturally-xtian atheists lumping wholesale in with xtianity and their whole view of “religion.” Judaism is not just xtianity-lite and it is not just “Old Testament rules” (aka, all the stuff you probably hate most about xtianity, but which is approached completely differently in Judaism). The term “judeo-xtian” is false and comes out of antisemitic supersessionism (the fundamental belief that xtianity “completes” Judaism and that Judaism predicted xtianity). “Abrahamic religions” is also an incorrect term 99% of the time, because the religions under that umbrella (which are more than just Judaism/xtianity/Islam) are very different and the people saying it are almost always referring to something that’s specifically a part of xtianity.

Also, the term ethnocentrism is a little iffy regarding universal (proselytising) religions like Islam and xtianity, but it’s still a really valid thing to consider because many, maybe most, religions are ethnoreligions (including Judaism), which means that the religion and culture are tied together. This is hard for culturally-xtian people to understand, because they see religion as separate, and if you stop participating in it, you’re not in it, and everyone else should be made to participate in it as well. With ethnoreligions, the culture and history is tied to the religious elements and these are not separate things. Even if someone is not religiously devout, when they are participating in that culture they are participating in things that are not separate from the religious development of their culture. The reason this is important is because when people who are really just anti-xtian go around screaming about “religion” and how “religion” is evil and must be stopped, what they’re advocating for is literally cultural genocide. And the fact that they get angry and refuse to change their understanding of what “religion” encompasses comes from what I would call ethnocentrism. It’s not just that different religions believe/expect different things, but the very concept/definition of religion itself is usually being seen through a culturally-xtian lens.

This is also obvious in the way many culturally-xtian anti-religious atheists talk about that. There are a lot of people out there who go around telling people that their way (anti-religious atheism) is the One True Way and that everyone must be brought around to their worldview. It’s even pretty common to see it couched as “saving” people from their backwards foreign cultures and oppression. A lot of extians have not actually done any work to undo (or even acknowledge) the xtian ideology that underpins their worldview. They have simply taken the concept of a deity out of the picture and kept the system of morality, the proselytism, the imperialism, the superiority complex, and the xtian-centrism.

I have said these things over and over on many posts, and my followers may be sick of seeing it, but I cannot stress enough how important it is for people raised in xtian societies — whether you consider yourself xtian or not — to understand all of these points.

#HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD #long post -/

electrictype

having a religious experience

#YEAH #cat mom #them hashem #jewish magic

1cupids

#thank u #cat mom

girl-human

#beautiful!!! remarkable!!!!! kind!!!!!!#thank u #cat mom

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#thenk u #cat mom

the-halloween-hamster

I was taking pictures of some leaves and this cat appeared out of nowhere and just walked right into one of my shots….an autumn miracle…

ryuunoyuki

Reblog for an autumn miracle

#thenk u #cat mom

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clintt

AAAAAAAAAAA <3

#A BRRROW WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED RN THANK U #cat mom

high-quality-tiktoks

spore-entities-ltd

🥺

gagtrees

for those who are (rightfully!) concerned about animal welfare in tik toks: Wildcat Ridge Sanctuary is a true sanctuary and this animal is safe and happy!

thornbound

Wildcat Ridge is not only an accredited sanctuary, they have a policy of not displaying their residents to the public. It is a retirement home for cats that should never have been pets or attractions. There is no pressure on the animals to be in front of people, they interact as they choose with the sanctuary staff and vets and that’s it.

#excellent i was wondering that #very good!!!!!#cat mom